Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

انجاب

Root: جوب

Form: 7

Full Definition

انجابVII [It became rent, or slit: see مُنْجَابٌ].
2 Said of a cloud, or a collection of clouds, It cleared away [so as to leave an open space]. It is said in a trad., وَٱنْجَابَ السَّحَابُ عَنِ المَدِينَةِ حَتَّى صَارَكَالإِ كْلِيلِ And the clouds became gathered and drawn together, and cleared away from the city [so that they became like a crown].
3 [It was, or became, clear, open, or unobstructed.] See جَوْبَةٌ

def.2 انجابت She stretched forth her neck, to be milked; as though she complied with the desire of her milker to be restrained [for that purpose]: but Fr says that he had not found a verb of this measure from أَجَابَ.


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